Uniqueness of minimal energy solutions for a semilinear problem involving the fractional Laplacian

Fernández Bonder, Julián; Silva, Analía; Spedaletti, Juan

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Uniqueness of minimal energy solutions for a semilinear problem involving the fractional Laplacian
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Abstract:

In this paper we study a semilinear problem for the fractional laplacian that is the counterpart of the Neumann problems in the classical setting. We show uniqueness of minimal energy solutions for small domains.

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